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  1. Public Bookmark 31

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    When Martin wakes up in the hospital, there's a man at his side he doesn't recognise. The doctors tell him that he has amnesia, but he doesn't quite understand how much he has lost until the man tells him that he's more than twice the age he remembers.

    Jon. The man's name is Jon, and he seems nice and kind and... married to Martin?

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    09 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 17

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    “Do … do any of you three listen to, ah, the podcast ‘What the Ghost?’ at all? The last episode, particularly.”

    “What the what now?”

    It rang a bell, actually, now that Tim thought about it; but not in any context that made sense in the same general region as Jonathan Sims.

    “Is that the podcast about hauntings?” Martin perked up a little at knowing the answer. “And, well, spooky stuff?”

    And, right, that was why Tim had suffered a cognitive disconnect. The podcast was a popular, light-hearted and open-minded exploration of the supernatural, while Jon’s relationship to the supernatural was one of exasperated dismissal. Why on earth he even worked here in the first place … but that just led to thoughts of why Tim, himself, was here and to unhealed wounds and … Tim would prefer to gently mock Jon for listening to a ‘spooky’ podcast, of his own apparent volition.

    “Yes, Martin, it deals with … ‘spooky’ stuff. And, also, apparently, practical jokes.”

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    07 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 71

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    Jon's family would stop meddling in his affairs if he could show them he had a devoted boyfriend.
    Thankfully Martin is up for the task.

    OR

    Surely this fake relationship won't snowball out of control.

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    06 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 20

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    “Oh. Well…Peter was…I mean, he was fine, actually, I think?”
    Martin laughed lightly, the sound catching somewhat in his throat, blurred a little under the slow roll of the water just starting to boil.

    The flippancy in Martin’s voice dug at him, made something in him turn and twist and convulse. Peter had been…fine. It had all been fine. The man had forced Martin into whatever this hellishness had been, irreparably torn him down to nothing over the last year, and…and he was –

    “…Fine.”

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    06 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 8

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    “Everyone, this is Martin Blackwood, our latest acquisition. He’s the trailblazer for the new line in modern poets. You’re going to hear great things from this guy!”

    Tim tipped his glass proudly at Martin, who strove to look like a man from whom great things would duly spring. Though, with the way his nerves were rippling up and down through his body and playing the Flight of the Bumblebee on his internal organs, the only things currently liable to spring from him would be the bacon sandwich and coke he’d had for lunch.

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    05 May 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 3

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    Sunlight doesn’t penetrate that far into the Earth—a few millimetres, at most. Underground, the world is totally different, cold and dark. Despite that, soil pressing down and smothering you from all directions can be comfortable, something akin to the hypnagogic haze.

    One year ago, Martin Blackwood disappeared. Now, it’s up to Jon to find him.

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    04 May 2026

  7. Public Bookmark 13

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    Jon is rather surprised to be very thoroughly kissed by Martin in the breakroom at half past eight in the morning, but there are certainly worse ways to start your work day.

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    04 May 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 5

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    Blood coated the right side of his face. Glass shards were stuck to his sleeve and some were sticking out of his skin. His poor glasses were shattered and crooked, thank goodness his eyes were unharmed. Martin had never been more disheveled. He just looked completely lost, staring at Jon like whatever he was about to say was all he cared about.

    “Martin!” Jon shouted, because that was his immediate instinct. He got closer, but not too close. Partially because he didn't want to scare the man away. “What… what happened?”

    OR

    i watched whiplash and wanted martin to be hit by a truck while driving :)

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    29 Apr 2026

  9. Public Bookmark 12

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    What do you do when you have a bad day - over and over again?

    Martin's answer to this is mostly 'Try to get through it', apparently. Though maybe someone at the Archives can motivate him to seek out help.

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    26 Apr 2026

  10. Public Bookmark *

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    “Who is it who says the closer you are

    to an irreversible apocalypse the more fragile
    language is?”
    Amor Fati - Catherine Barnett

    Jon flees London to save the world. Martin invites himself along.

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    26 Apr 2026

  11. Public Bookmark *

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    Three weeks well-spent.

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    22 Apr 2026

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    Obsessed with how in love they are with each other in this one

  12. Public Bookmark 12

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    Something in him fought at the consideration, a little rough and instinctive, and bit back against even the possibility.
    But…it was nice to be cared about, worried about.

    To hear Jon care.
    And it’d been a shitty night for no good reason, and Jon was trying, and it was enough of an opening to maybe just talk, and not have it mean too much. To sit next to his boyfriend on the couch and talk about all the things they could never quite touch, without any of the pressure.

    They could watch the birds, instead.

    (And maybe he shouldn’t let the thought of care get him into conversations he’d rather not be in, but then…well, he’d probably never talk to Jon properly again, at that rate. And he’d already had more than enough of that. Maybe he just needed to suck it up and meet him halfway, on it.)

    Jon could muse on it, ask his questions, and they could just…keep it small. Casual. Casual talk, about what was probably the worst year of Martin’s life, right after they finished breakfast. Homemade muffins and dishes that Jon did and trash that they needed to take out.

    ...Neat.

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    19 Apr 2026

  13. Public Bookmark 4

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    …Somehow, despite the intensity of sensation, it was still gentle. It was warm, and safe, and utterly good. It was…

    It was a lot, for Martin's tired, rusty, Lonely-tinged heart. And it turned into more and more with each moment, with each movement shared, showing no signs of stopping. It was just this side of too much - and no matter how much he wanted it to be, suddenly it wasn't entirely in a good way.

    …With a pang of sadness he thought - he couldn't be sure if he could take it all. Not as he was now. Not so soon after the Lonely.

    "Jon, wait-" he said quietly, his hand travelling to Jon's cheek. "Hold on for a second."

    Jon opened his eyes, bringing his body to a stop.

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    17 Apr 2026

  14. Public Bookmark 44

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    "Maybe we both die. Probably. But maybe not. Maybe, maybe everything works out, and we end up somewhere else."
    "Together?"
    "One way or another. Together."

    ~~~

    Martin starts a job at a local cafe, eager to turn over a new leaf and escape a past he can hardly remember. Unfortunately, an odd new customer appears during his first shift and turns his whole world upside down.

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    14 Apr 2026

  15. Public Bookmark 22

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    He downed the rest of his glass in one quick motion, trying not to cough on it, and...half-succeeded. Just about.

    Jon just chuckled as he gasped and choked a little on the motion, the laugh soft and slow from a few feet away, and something in him thawed out a little more at the sound, the sight. His throat felt warm. All down through his chest, it spread, with a light burning playing through the caverns of his body as the wine warmed him from the inside out. As the relief dripped in, solid and easy and fucking painful. But sweet, still. Sweet.

    The light from the kitchen was playing off the curve of Jon's nose, catching in the breaks between strands of his hair, and it was worth every half-assed sensory-dulling deal and whatever bottle of putrid alcohol he had to force down to see it. To stay, and see it, and be present enough to feel how important it all was to him, again.
    (If he could just let it be.)
    It was worth it.
    He swallowed, and smiled around the lump in his throat. The aftertaste.
    "Next time, we'll get straight vodka, don't worry."

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    Jon and Martin get a little too drunk and confess their feelings. Talk. It’s as much of a disaster and a blessing as could be expected.

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    13 Apr 2026

  16. Public Bookmark 2

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    Winter 1527. Jonathan Sims is an ambitious clerk to a Duke, on his way to a court position. If only there wasn't an irritatingly omnipresent servant in the visiting Earl's household to distract him...

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    12 Apr 2026

  17. Public Bookmark 3

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    “Martin’s touch, when he takes Jon’s arm, is cooler than the warm summer day should account for. But that’s easy to ignore, when he’s smiling so brightly and the birds are chirping, and he soon warms up, with his palm snug against Jon’s and their fingers tangled together”

    Jon and Martin start dating. Gerry has some reservations. The Lonely as its own plans.

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    08 Apr 2026

  18. Public Bookmark 4

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    A new member of the cat café causes some strife. Things work out pawsitively in the end.

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    08 Apr 2026

  19. Public Bookmark 17

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    It's the first Christmas in the Archives, and the team is going out for drinks. Sasha is extremely excited to meet Jon and Martin's respective partners.

    She is not prepared to find out who they're actually with.

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    08 Apr 2026

  20. Public Bookmark 12

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    Martin finds it difficult to let go of the haze of being half-alive, completely.
    There's a comfort in it, after all.

    .

    (Or: Martin didn't really have to eat or sleep much, once he was entrenched in the Lonely.
    In the safehouse, those needs come back, human as ever, but...he finds it more than a little difficult to give up the haze that comes over his mind when he doesn't eat.
    It just feels empty, distant, familiar.
    Safe.

    Jon takes care of him, how he can.)

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    08 Apr 2026

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